They promised to do their part to cut the growth rate in health spending by one and a half percentage points a year.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

It did not stem overpopulation, cut poverty, lower the divorce rate or put an end to unwanted pregnancies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Although employers continue to cut jobs amid a fledgling economic recovery, the U.S.unemployment rate for January dipped below 10 percent to 9.7 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Researcher Daniel Fitzgerald explains. "The results of the trial showed that the rate of mortality was cut by 75 percent if antiretroviral drugs were started earlier.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21